Left Hand Rifle for Righty?

[FrogFins]

Hey all,

So my buddy is left handed and we're at the range, and he's using my right handed bolt action. I noticed that he can obviously keep his trigger hand in place while cycling the action with his other hand. This seemed to be an advantage.

When I bought my bait casting reels, I bought left hand models because I didn't want to constantly switch from casting with my right hand, then transfer the rod to my left, to reel with my right. So was thinking the same may apply.

Do any of you righties use a left hand gun or considered this?

 

[pinoiboi123]

For me, if the rifle's forend is supported its convenient to shoot with a right handed rifle from my left shoulder. But if im shooting offhand its harder to keep on target to cycle the bolt with my supporting hand. Thats just my 2cents though.

 

[Grove]

I am left eye left hand dominant but here are a couple videos of few different ways I shoot right hand rifle.

Benched or using the bipod I use this method often.

Off hand I can hit 1" chunks of clay pigeon out to 75 yards pretty easily using this method.

Videos say it all....I shoot goofy but I get results.

 

[bsand]

After shooting positional, I wouldn't use the wrong handed rifle. Way too awkward to run the bolt.

 

[medvedqc]

in my unit with the frf2 i was the fastest shooter ( i didnt say the most accurate lol). right hand rifle for a lefty so yes you do it the other for a righty ....

 

[oneadam12]

I shoot a right bolt left handed in F/TR. Absolute pain for anything else, though.

 

[tenth_gen]

I shoot rifles left handed and have a left handed 22LR bolt gun. I'm planning on getting a Savage model 10 FCP-SR and since it will pretty much always be shot from a bench I'm going to buy a right handed gun. Way easier to cycle the bolt with the hand that's not on the trigger

 

[CV32]

I am right handed but left eye dominant. I have several left hand rifles and shotguns, and I prefer them.

 

[Magmalis]

I having a right hand bolt with a left hand port being built in a Defiance action, it should be finished very soon. It has the ejector deleted so the brass stays in the action as it's cycled.

The idea is ,that me being right handed, I will cycle the action with my trigger hand and then reach up with my left and pick the spent casing out of the action instead of off the ground. This is a single shot bench/long range rifle and would be useless in a repeating or hunting rifle I think.